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from sand castles
1 sand seems light until one starts scooping large amounts from the ground with shells and transporting it around a big space. walking here, digging down. walking there, smoothing out. once engaged by the details, i usually forget about the physical work, until the next day when my arms and middle would be sore from scooping and leaning. i forgot about food, and i got sunburned because i ignored the sun. i used the ocean only to wash down my sand - covered body. there was always the urgency of a sand castle to finish or protect from the dangers at the beach: the wind, the encroaching water.
2 the hostile elements gave sand - castle building its urgency. unlike legos or tinkertoys, castles could not be put aside and worked on hours later without consequence. an awesome tide could sweep in and destroy even a structure built high on the beach. a more mundane and predictable threat came from little kids. many times i left a structure for only a moment, to rinse sand off in the ocean or to apply sun lotion on my burning neck, and would return to find tiny footprints where a perfect moat and turret had been. most often, there would be a crying child and an apologetic parent; it didnt matter. it did what i had to do: rebuild.
3 to build a sand castle requires improvisational skill and a negotiation with the limitations of the sand. in this sense, too, sand castles were a collaboration, but with nature. sand dries out, making fine detail on small structures difficult. water makes it heavy and likely to collapse. sunlight can turn large structures, wrenly eventually lap at the edge of shoreline. the only way to build a protective wall that wrapped around the structure and could hold off the
this question has two parts. answer part a and then answer part b.
part a
how does paragraph 6 develop the authors conflicting points of view about sand castles?

1. by highlighting how much the author appreciates seeing even a beautiful sand castle demolished
2. by demonstrating that the author can endure losing a sand castle because he knows that he can build another one
3. by revealing that the author finds the destruction of a sand castle easier to accept if it is part of a natural process
4. by emphasizing that the author struggles to avoid feeling annoyed when a sand castle that took hours to build is ruined so quickly

Explanation:

The question asks how paragraph 6 develops the author's conflicting views about sand castles. Let’s analyze each option:

• Option 1: The paragraph does not focus on appreciating the demolition.
• Option 2: There is no emphasis on building another one after loss.
• Option 3: The text mentions that the destruction of a sand castle is part of a natural process (due to elements like wind, water), which shows the author's acceptance despite the effort put into building. This reflects a conflict (effort vs natural process acceptance).
• Option 4: The paragraph is more about the natural process of destruction (as a reason for acceptance) rather than just the struggle of quick ruining.

Answer:

1. by revealing that the author finds the destruction of a sand castle easier to accept if it is part of a natural process